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Tzatziki sauce Recipe (cucumber yogurt sauce)

Written by Dede Med

Laban bi Khyar or Tzatziki Sauce is a wonderful Mediterranean side dish or salad that goes great with sandwiches, rice or can be served during the summer days to cool down. This dish can also be referred to as Tzatziki sauce in Greece if you replace the mint with dill. It can be served with Gyros sandwiches as well. Ingredients 2 cups Mediterranean yogurt 1 cup cube Persian cuccumber 1 to 2 clove garlic minced 1 tsp dried mint (or dill) 1/4 cup water (for consistancy) Directions Mix the above ingredients and keep chilled in the refrigerator for 1 hour before serving. Serve as a side dish or as an appetizer.

Tzatziki sauce Recipe (cucumber yogurt sauce)

Total Time: 5 Minutes

Prep Time: 5 Minutes

Cook Time: None

Yield: 4-6

Level: Easy

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Ingredients

2 cups Mediterranean yogurt
1 cup cube Persian cuccumber
1 to 2 clove garlic minced
1 tsp dried mint (or dill)
1/4 cup water (for consistancy)

Directions

Mix the above ingredients and keep chilled in the refrigerator for 1 hour before serving. Serve as a side dish or as an appetizer.

Tzatziki sauce Recipe (cucumber yogurt sauce)

Ingredients

2 cups Mediterranean yogurt
1 cup cube Persian cuccumber
1 to 2 clove garlic minced
1 tsp dried mint (or dill)
1/4 cup water (for consistancy)

Directions

Mix the above ingredients and keep chilled in the refrigerator for 1 hour before serving. Serve as a side dish or as an appetizer.

very cool, it is so versatile.
By: dedemed

I like it as a dipping sauce for pizza it is also great in subs and I am glad the local Sub-Way now has it.
By: Camman010

I know that, but up here we call it cucumber sauce because it is made with cucumbers. The Greeks can call it like they want.
By: ch20stn

It's the Greek name tho, made famous in the U.S Here we call it salatet laban
By: Ezldor

because it already has a name...it's tzatziki sauce
By: dedemed

Why not call it cucumber sauce or Greek yorgurt sauce?
By: ch20stn

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By: dedemed

great channel. a lot of good ideas!
By: WinesComTV

great tip :)
By: dedemed

Yes you can use regular plain yogurt but you will need about 50% more as you will need to strain it to remove the excess liquid as greek yogurt is much thicker, strain it with a coffee filter or tea cloth in a colander, it will need to strain for approx 2 hours.
By: Bob Cooley

yes you can use regular yogurt. If the yogurt is not sour, then add 3 tbs of lemon juice to it :)
By: dedemed

thanks a lot dedemed for your wonderful recipes! i recommend your site to my whole family...ive learnt pita bread n hummus from you.. i had a lil question though...im planning to make this yoghurt dip for eid and i cant find any greek youghurt here in mauritius...would normal yoghurt be ok for the dish along with kofta? again Dedemed you rock! and you look Dashing!
By: yushra

thanks for the sweet comment :)
By: dedemed

What a lovely lady:)
By: TheKingOfRuckus

thanks for the great tip...you can even use labne/kefir cheese for this ;)
By: dedemed

Peace of mind: You can also strain the yogurt beforehand to thicken it up
By: Ryan B. Brisson

this was one of my first recipes, my newer recipes have much better taping :)
By: dedemed

lol that's ok, next time make it outside the blender and it will go great with shawarma or kefta or just plain bread :)
By: dedemed

yes it is great with shawarma and next time try it with kefta too, it's so good :)
By: dedemed

i did try this sauce with shawarma tooo good love alll ur food ur the best again i cant thank u enough
By: kash4420

i found out, i think only the iraqis call it jajek because in the lebanese restaurent they called it what you call it its so yummy though :) oh and i tried making this at home, and i very stupidly put it in the bullet blender and it became a yummy yogurt drink, but i was so looking foward to eating it with bread
By: SoSoniLove

hmmm i think that's the drink, not the one you can eat with food :)
By: dedemed

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By: dedemed

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By: glassjaw890

I thought the arabs called it jajek? In the restaurents its called jajek lol And omg i LOVE this with bread Yummmmmm :)
By: SoSoniLove

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Tzatziki sauce Recipe (cucumber yogurt sauce)

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